Docs and Hospitals Protest Some ‘Never Events’

By

Sarah Rubenstein

May 5, 2008 9:11 am ET

Should “never events” really never happen? Eliminating some mishaps that should never happen is a laudable goal, but just isn’t possible 100% of the time, some inside the medical establishment say. Last year, Medicare said it would

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